Coco Sews

Coco was a busy woman this week. She made special order pillows for three different customers.

The customer, above, loved her pillows, table topper and green lamp she bought for her porch room.

This woman, and we have had her on the blog before, has an eye for color. She ordered up a lumbar pillow in this fabulous fabric. Coco had fun with the fresh, colorful fabrics to sew.

These pillow are going into a home to freshen up a dated sofa and chairs. 

Coco made seven pillows for this project.

Altogether Coco made ten pillows and one table topper for me this week.

I love how this fabric perked up this sofa. Next year, white cotton duck slip covers to go with the new pillows will be fun.

Lighting and Composition

Working with my camera on color, lighting and framing the photo.

This a very special sign as it is the catapult for my husband's and mine next journey in this story we call life.

Lighting the browns!

In your mind, picture yourself decorating the interior of an all wood home.

I am thinking Country French with inky blue and white Toile wing chairs, Flokati rugs and large French Terracotta glazed lamps on either side of my leather sofa.

Suttons Bay In Living Color

Good morning Suttons Bay.

How much fun to paint the town!!

The Michigan Artist's Gallery.

I have always called this, "Penny Lane".

The Happy Woman store is a paint bucket of fun colors inside.

I call this, "Nicole Green".

How much fun is this to see?

Forget-Me-Not florist.

She has great windows to decorate.

Getting ready for Mother's Day.

Who get's the Roses?

At Home is busy busting her buns getting ready for the season.

Brenda J Clark Gallery

It's all about color on this gray May day.

Yellow chairs.

Yellow Tulips at the Anchor Cottage Store.

Have a happy Mother's Day weekend and plant lots of color!

Putting It Into Perspective

Repinned by Thomas Murphy.

I like the attitude of this truck. 
Square deal.

Repinned from Thomas Murphy

Need an umbrella when it rains and an anchor in the storm.

Caroline Kennedy property.

Putting it all into perspective, who has not loved and lost?
Who has not sought shelter in the storm? Who has not lusted after a red truck?

Have a great weekend!

Arbor Day Haul

Arbor Day was so lovely. Steve and I bushwhacked across central Michigan through the agricultural belt.

Went to Calico Corners in West Bloomfield to see if they had any fabric remnants.

Stopped in Owosso and cruised the antique shops.

I adore this plate I bought for Arbor Day!

Laid my haul out on my dinning room table and it made a really colorful group.

How much fun was that?

Ragtime The Musical

Thursday evening I had the pleasure to see, Ragtime, performed by the West Bloomfield High School drama group.

There were almost 100 students involved in this production.

I was invited by my brother John and his beautiful wife, Sita.

Every major singer had their music down pat.

With such a large cast it was amazing that they flowed along so seamlessly. 

The costumes were very appropriate in pegging the races. 

We had the white class.

The black class.

The shanty class.

The singing was very good.

This is the princess I came to hear sing.

And act!!

With such a large cast it was interesting to notice that there were not a lot of props.

Feels like Ellis Island.

The directer used this stair prop several different ways to make a huge statement. 

Every time this group came out on stage, the colors were beautiful.

The play, "Ragtime" was written by E. L. Doctorow. 

I wish I had a photo of the orchestra pit.

Funny, I recognize some of these looks on her face!

Vocal direction was by Sheryl Hauk.

Orchestra direction by Karl Stein.

Choreography by Courtney Kamen.

Starting at the show's trailers to the completion  of the production, so much energy was poured into the musical.

Costumes, tech crew, set design, sound design, lighting and music were astounding, coming from these young players.

Thank you for a performance well done.

I love you Kim.